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Scen. 2.

Mistris Vrsely. Merda.
Urs.
Come Merda, will you play now?

Mer.
No, I wo'nt vnlesse you'le giue me those bracelets.

Vrs.
Take them.

Mer.
And your gloues to.

Vrs.
Heere, fa, la, la.

Mer.
Stay while I put them on though.

Urs.
What shall we play for?

Mer.
Two pinnes a game.

Vrs.
Stake then: heigh ho Anteros!

Mer.
How many shall we make vp?

Vrs.
One and thirty.

Mer.
Will you haue Winter, or Summer?

Vrs.
—Summer—no Winter.
Hi, Winter, Winter, Winter:

Mer.
But you said Summer first, I wo'nt play.

Vrs.
Au, but I said Winter afterward though.

Mer.
Begin then.

Urs.
One—

Mer.
So, so, you toucht the other stone, now I must play.

Vrs.
You ly, I did not touch it.

Mer.
You ly, you did touch it, and you shal haue no pins here.

Urs.
Sh'ant I so? but I will though; doe you scratch hussie?

Mer.
I that I will scratch, and bite too.

Urs.
Giue me my gloues, and bracelets againe.

Mer.
You may goe looke 'vm, I wo'nt, as long as you gaue
Them me. Giue a thing, and take a thing
That's the Deuills gold-ring.

Urs.
Well if I don't tell my Father of this, you Pusse you.

Mer.
You Munkey.

Urs.
You Bastard.

Mer.
Doe you abuse one's friends you Iade you?

Vrs.
And you call me Iade you are a Whore.

Mer.
Doe you call Whore?

Urs.
I that I will call Whore, well, well, the next time
That you eate any Cheesecakes at our house
You shall haue better luck shall you.

Mer.
Your Cheesecakes? we haue as good of our owne.

Vrs.
Au, hau, you shall nere make no durt pyes
With me in our Barne hussie.

Mer.
Who cares? then you shall gather no more Violets, nor
Primeroses in our Close.

Urs.
Your Close? I'le gather there in spight of your teeth.
It is my Fathers Close, so it is, so it is.
Your Father does but hire it—Oh here he comes
Here he comes, here comes my Father,
Now you shall see.

Mer.
Au but I'le runne home.